styrrell wrote:
Completely agree. 7 monuments, and they are all cobbled, one with climbs, one dead flat. I made the trip this year and we rode every cobbled section in PR and every cobbled climb in the Flanders region. They are just different from any other type of ride. Sure Boonen has won lot of non cobbled races, but take away the cobbles and he is a great but not legendary rider.
Agreed, but the cobbled classics define the sport of one day road racing in Europe so nobody could be legendary without winning them so it's a moot point.